While listening to an Old Time Radio episode of Dragnet. We were out washing the Hellcat (she likes helping cause hope springs eternal i might let her drive it)
In the episode, Friday asked the victim if he could use her phone to call the station.
Granddaughter asked why the sergeant didn’t use his cell phone like the popo do in her town. And, i fell for it, hook, line, and sinker…
"Well sweetheart, they didn’t have cell phones then and the radios in their cars weren’t scrambled for that type conversation"
"Did you have a cell phone when you were growing up?"
"Nope, we didn’t have cell phones then either"
"WOW!!! You really are an old fart, like my mom say."
When i turned to look at her, she had a big old, melt this old man’s heart, grin on her face.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
December 22, 2025, 08:04 PM
ridewv
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.....When i turned to look at her, she had a big old, melt this old man’s heart, grin on her face.
Love it!
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
December 22, 2025, 08:08 PM
old rugged cross
I am sure once the gig was up, you were so proud of her
"Practice like you want to play in the game"
December 22, 2025, 08:13 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by old rugged cross: I am sure once the gig was up, you were so proud of her
Debating if I’ll let her drive the car now. Lol
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
December 22, 2025, 08:30 PM
nhtagmember
I think earned a spin behind the wheel.This message has been edited. Last edited by: nhtagmember,
December 22, 2025, 09:34 PM
400m
Why no sweetheart, grandpa doesn’t remember you asking to borrow the Hellcat tonight.
December 22, 2025, 09:39 PM
LS1 GTO
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Originally posted by 400m: Why no sweetheart, grandpa doesn’t remember you asking to borrow the Hellcat tonight.
Cause you know, old farts. Lol
Oh, and "driving it" is with me next to her and using the black key.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers
The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
December 22, 2025, 10:06 PM
Rey HRH
That's a girl after my own heart, except I would have kept a straight face to get your full reaction.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
December 23, 2025, 04:55 AM
IndianaMike
Loved it.
December 23, 2025, 05:53 AM
whanson_wi
Leg pulling begets leg pulling. I wonder where she might have gotten that trait...
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December 23, 2025, 06:01 AM
trapper189
^^^Very true.
December 23, 2025, 07:59 AM
Powers77
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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
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Originally posted by old rugged cross: I am sure once the gig was up, you were so proud of her
Debating if I’ll let her drive the car now. Lol
I'd diplomatically work into a future conversation that she had probably delayed that test drive by her actions. :-)
December 23, 2025, 08:49 AM
TMats
Love it!
_______________________________________________________ despite them
December 23, 2025, 12:00 PM
ftttu
Making great memories is one of the biggies in life.
I remember years ago when they began releasing the Challenger that they had a quarter mile timer built it. I’m wondering if they still have that feature AND if they have a feature, especially in the HC for less than full power runs even at full throttle for those who need to work their way up.
This is neither here nor there, but my hot rod buddy got his dear old preachers wife mother to drive his modified Buick Grand National. I was in the backseat, and as we were approaching a two into one lane merge, the vehicle behind in the other lane accelerated hard to merge in front.
Not wanting that to happen, she nailed it. It took a second for the turbo to spool up, but when it did, we shot off like a rocket! She got all excited with all of the G-rated exclamations, and she eventually said, “Wow, it has a great passing gear!”
My buddy’s mom, one of the best women I’ve ever known, was later killed when a deputy sheriff crashed into her car in an intersection close to her house in Tucson. He was responding code to assist another who was chasing a ATV miles away. Such a sad ending to her story.
